Ep293: Secrets of Consort Practice - Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron

In this episode I am once again joined by Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and executive director of Saraswati Bhawan Publications.

Khandro Kunzang reveals her experience as a spiritual consort to a Tibetan lama, and shares her understanding of this controversial practice.

Khandro Kunzang recalls how she became a consort, details her extensive preparations, and explains the coarse and subtle body yogas involved.

Khandro Kunzang also discusses the use of consort practice for life extension, how to respond if a guru suggests you become his consort, and why it is that she is now talking publicly about this hitherto secret practice.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro
00:48 - The graduated path
04:28 - The fruition of Dzogchen and Ati Yoga
05:41 - The effortless path
06:34 - Dzogchen mistakes
07:40 - Is a 3 year retreat necessary?
08:42 - Personalised retreat with guru
09:32 - Signs of accomplishment on retreat
14:31 - Secret training with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche
16:03 - Jealousy of Tibetan students
17:33 - Pure Dzogchen vs gradual path
21:04 - How do I know my practice is working?
23:50 - The ultimate test of practice
25:30 - Lama Dawa’s terminal cancer and yogic death
31:17 - The practice of yogic dying
33:11 - Physiological signs of tukdam
34:07 - Death of Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche
35:42 - Miraculous behaviour of Lama Dawa’s relics
37:42 - Difficulties and challenges during Lama Dawa’s end of life
42:08 - Personal restoration during the pandemic
42:48 - The ultimate teaching
43:25 - Displacing grief to keep the show on the road
46:48 - When to begin consort practice?
50:37 - Authentic consort practice is very rare
52:01 - Classic consort stories
53:41 - Abusive lamas and gurus who claim expertise in consort practice
55:10 - The support role of a guru’s consort
56:50 - An “activity consort”
58:19 - Preparing to be Lama Dawa’s consort
59:13 - Using a consort to extend your life
01:00:59 - Using pipes to open the urethra
01:04:49 - Training to purify the lower chakras and draw in the essence fluid
01:06:49 - Working with the thigle drops
01:07:17 - Using eros to experience emptiness
01:08:20 - Consort practice is not romantic
01:08:49 - Extreme consort practice
01:10:06 - Unresolved traumas in consort practice
01:11:05 - Is vajrolī mudrā really possible?
01:13:22 - Jñānamudrā and self practice
1:17:06 - Test your lama if he suggests consort practice
01:20:48 - Why talk openly about secret consort practice?
01:21:24 - Disrobing as a nun to engage in tantric practice
01:23:17 - Seeing your teacher as a living Buddha
01:24:16 - Motives for marrying Lama Dawa

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Previous episodes with Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron:
- guruviking.com/search?q=khandro%20kunzang

To find our more about Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, visit:
- phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang